16-letter words containing ent
- counterinsurgent — of or relating to counterinsurgency
- countermovements — Plural form of countermovement.
- counterstatement — a statement made to deny or refute another statement.
- crime prevention — official and police policies to prevent crime
- cromwell current — an equatorial Pacific current, flowing eastward from the Hawaiian Islands to the Galápagos Islands
- current expenses — noncapital and usually recurrent expenditures necessary for the operation of a business
- davidson current — a winter countercurrent that flows N along the W coast of the U.S.
- day of atonement — Yom Kippur
- dc potentiometer — A DC potentiometer is a potentiometer in which the supply is a battery and the balance is under direct current conditions.
- de-concentration — to reduce the power or control of (a corporation, industry, etc.); decentralize.
- debenture holder — a person or organization holds a debenture
- decentralisation — Alternative spelling of decentralization.
- decentralization — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
- dedifferentiated — That has undergone dedifferentiation.
- dementia praecox — schizophrenia
- dental hygienist — a dentist's assistant skilled in dental hygiene
- dental insurance — Dental insurance is insurance that pays for treatment by a dentist.
- dentist's office — A dentist's office is the room or house where a dentist works.
- department store — A department store is a large shop which sells many different kinds of goods.
- departmentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of departmentalize.
- departmentalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of departmentalize.
- dependent clause — a clause that cannot function syntactically as a complete sentence by itself but has a nominal, adjectival, or adverbial function within a larger sentence; subordinate clause (Ex.: She will visit us if she can.)
- descent function — If a recursive function is of the form f x = ... f (d x) ... then d is known as the descent function.
- detention center — A detention center is a sort of prison, for example, a place where people who have entered a country illegally are kept while a decision is made about what to do with them.
- detention centre — A detention centre is a sort of prison, for example a place where people who have entered a country illegally are kept while a decision is made about what to do with them.
- development area — (in Britain) an area suffering from high unemployment and economic depression, because of the decline of its main industries, that is given government help to establish new industries
- development bank — A development bank is a bank that provides money for projects in poor countries or areas.
- development well — (in the oil industry) a well drilled for the production of oil or gas from a field already proven by appraisal drilling to be suitable for exploitation
- developmentalism — An economic theory which states that the best way for Third World countries to develop is through fostering a strong and varied internal market and to impose high tariffs on imported goods.
- developmentalist — an expert in or advocate of developmental psychology.
- developmentation — (proscribed, chiefly, US, and, humorous) Development.
- disclosing agent — a vegetable dye, administered as a liquid or in tablet form (disclosing tablet), that stains plaque, making it readily apparent on the teeth
- discontentedness — The state or quality of being discontented.
- disembarrassment — Freedom or relief from impediment or perplexity.
- disestablishment — to deprive of the character of being established; cancel; abolish.
- disfranchisement — to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
- disincentivising — Present participle of disincentivise.
- dispersing agent — a surface-active substance added to a suspension, usually a colloid, to improve the separation of particles and to prevent settling or clumping
- displacement ton — a unit for measuring the displacement of a vessel, equal to a long ton of 2240 pounds (1016 kg) or 35 cu. ft. (1 cu. m) of seawater.
- distinguishments — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- document imaging — the process of converting paper documents into an electronic or digital format
- documentary film — factual, informative film
- dolce far niente — pleasing inactivity.
- don't mention it — you're welcome
- double centering — a method of extending a survey line by taking the average of two foresights, one with the telescope direct and one with it inverted, made each time by transiting the telescope after a backsight.
- drag coefficient — a measure of the drag of an object in a moving fluid, esp air
- duplex apartment — an apartment with rooms on two connected floors.
- early retirement — retirement before established age
- eicosapentaenoic — Of or pertaining to eicosapentaenoic acid or its derivatives.
- electric current — flow of electricity